Improvement in transportation oil-cans



J. C. MOORE.

Transportation Oil- Cari.

Patented May 21, 1 -872.

' through the casing,

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

JAMES C. MOORE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDGEORGE BOOTH, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRANSPORTATION OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,092, dated May 21,1872.

a Specification describing an Improved Transportation-Oan, invented byJAMES C. MOORE, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Improved Transportation-Gan.

My invention consists of a case or can arranged within a casing, andhaving an opening at the top for the introduction of liquids, and at thebottom a valve or cock, the discharge valve of which projects downwardall substantially as described hereafter, so as to avoid theinconvenient necessity of, and in some cases the danger incurred by,tilting the can when its contents have to be withdrawn.

Figure 1 is an exterior perspective view of my improved tra-nsportation-can for petroleum, varnishes, and other fluids 5 and Fig. 2,a vertical section of the same.

Vessels or cans for containingburning-fluids, oils, varnishes, tendedfor transportation, have commonly been made of tinned plates, and ofrectangular shape, such vessel being contained in a box or covering ofwood. These cans had but one opening at the top, through which thevessel was both filled and emptied; hence'it became necessary, when aportion of the contents was required for use, to tilt the can, anoperation not only tedious, but under many circumstances dangerous. Theobject ofm y invention, which I will now proceed to describe, is toobviate these defects.

I make a tin can, A, of the ordinary quadrangular form, and clothe itwith the usual wooden box or casing B. The top of the can A is providedwith a tubular projection, a, which projects nearly through the top ofthe box, and which is furnished with a cork, b, or other suitablestopper. A, near the bottom of the same, I secure a cook or valve,

d, the discharge-branch e of which projects through or very nearlythrough the bottom of the box. The valve of the cock is controlled by ahandle, f, which passes h, in front of the box, the hanthrough a slot,

&c., especially such as are in- To one side of the can dle, as well asthe valve, being such that when the latter is closed the former willoccupy a.

or no impediment to this packing, and when one of the cans is placed ona shelf, in a retail store, for instance, so that the front portion ofthe can should overhang the edge of the shelf sufficiently to permit thefree flow of the fluids from the dischargebranch of the cook, thefiuidmay be drawn 0d at pleasure without resorting to the tilting of thecan, and without incurring the danger which may result from suchtilting. It is not essential that the valve should be furnished with apermanent handle; the cock may be so constructed that the valve can beoperated by a detachable key intro: duced through a small opening in thebox, in which case the cover i maybe dispensed with. It is essential,however, in carrying out my in vention, that there should be noprotuberance on the sides, top, or bottom of the cans to interfere withthe close packing of the same together, and that the discharge-branch ofthe cook should be at the bottom of the box in the manner described.

I claim as my invention A transportation-can arranged within a casing,and having an opening at the top .for the introduction of the fluids,and at the bottom a valve or cock, within the case, and thedischarge-branch of which projects downward, all substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribingwitnesses. I

JAMES C. MOORE.

Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, JOHN K. RUPEu'rUs.

